Beginning to come off zopiclone.

I think the thing to remember here is that its ness88 posts, and she is looking to us for help in coming off Zop altogether and is nopw about to start on a half dose 3.75, she needs support, in fact I can say the same as I have been on 7.5 for a year and now on 3.75.

For those who take take them every night or every 4/5 nights and are happy thats great, but Ness88 like me want to try and stop altogether, and to be honest a body full of chemicals is not good, I know I feel so much better on 3.75, OK, maybe I can stay on them for a while, maybe for years , maybe something else, but I need and want to try.

for those who take them , are you in the UK or USA are they prescribed or do you buy them off the Net.

Vivian,  You say there may not be a probelm, but there are in fact many side effects, forgetting things (  I do ), confusion ( I am )  foggy head ( thats me ) and I read about other things like cancer, liver etc they are all affected, for that I want to try and give them up.

I think if your 70 then yes its fine if your happy, health wise over 65 it should a max dose of 3.75.

not sleeping is horrid, one think I gained from my DR is if I dont get off too sleep dont worry, get up and go back later, this is great advice me, but then I retired early and I can in bed till 9+, I am also going too try and go too bed sooner and get up early.

we are all different I know, and I can already there is much help to be gained fro this forum .

Ness88 let us all know how you get on tonight please, i think with help, being positive you will sleep, i hope so, I know I do now

Thank you.

Last night was better and I slept reasonably well. I'm quite amazed if I'm honest but very relieved by it.

Withdrawal wise thats also not been as bad today. Still got quite a persistant headache, vague body aches and having random facial twitches but nothing unmanageable. I'm trying to not read too much in to these little things because if I do, it sends my anxiety through the roof.

I think I've got a little bit more confident with the sleeping thing though now it's been a couple of nights so hopefully can continue on. I think I plan on staying on this dose until I've been on my holiday and then see about stopping it. That'll give me a month before Uni starts again and if anything disastrous happens in that time, then I can fix it.

well done, try to stick to it and try not worry, sometime I take a sweet to bed with and play a couple of solitare games to relax me, but what ever works for you is good, dont try to rush it in a month, see how how it goes

Good for you, remember , baby steps, if you have a bad night, the next will be better. 

Thank you Your kind words are really helpful.

I also am going to try to get off.  all these stories about seizures and hallucinations I think depends on the person.  I have been on zoplicone for many many years and at one point was at 7 (7.5) a night.  Am now down to 2 a nite without any symptoms at all.  one time i messed up and took 3 so could only take 1 the last night of my refill and didnt sleep much at all but no bad symptoms.  i get my prescription weekly so cant cheat.  Good luck.

brenda, does your Dr give you these, are you in the UK, 7 x &.5 is a lot to take, I only took one 7.5 and had grotty mornings, im now on 3.75 and fine so far, stilly blurry eyes though

Brenda, I think thats what freaked me out the most, the risk of seizures. I live alone so it always worries me that if something happens than there is no to help. You're doing well to have brought your dose down to two and your determination to come off them is wonderful. I'm glad that you're not getting any withdrawal symptoms.

Glad to hear that it's still going well Southwestie. Hopefully those blurry eyes will clear up soon.

My sleep is ok at the moment, although when I wake up in the morning, I'm not sure if I've been properly asleep. I don't feel rested as such. It could be that this is what it feels like to have less medicated sleep rather than being knocked out. I may just need to get used to it. Most of the other symptoms have cleared up other than feeling a little wobbly in the morning. It's easing up though so hopefully won't last much longer.  

Hi.

I have been on the 3.75 now for 14 days, in that time I have taken 7.5 4 times and 3.75 10 times and I now feel that 3.75 is fine, I have had no withdraw systoms at all, I feel better to be honest, happier, clearer, however my sleep sometimes is not as deep, last night I kept waking up, but went right back to sleep again, so was not a worry or a problem, the eyes maybe a combination of too much laptop time aswell as hay fever, so I think that will go.

But no real sysmtoms at all, I would like when I feel it is right and I know I have nothing on the next day, try to cut one in halfand try 1.87 knowing I can still take the other half if I need to.

I am happy to get up for 15/20 if i dont sleep and then rturn to bed, that really helps me

*i have been on Zopiclone for 10 years after my mum died. i am now prescribed 3 x 3.75 which dosnt put me to sleep . i then started to buy of internet doing this for a year. now thus dosnt work and thats on top of my prescribed meds. At my wits end im a night shift worker 12 hour shift and i only get 4 hours sleep. i need to put a stop to this but how,

I wish I could help.I myself have been on zopiclone for a good ten years .Started off with 7.5mg a night now I take 2 7.5mg to get at least four hours sleep.Its got so bad I take 3 halves during day to calm me down.I really want off these terrible meds. Can't go to dr as he only prescribes 14 a month rest I buy off internet. Please can anyone help mme taper off these addictive drugs.I just want to feel normal again.